FREE THE TONE SS-1V String Slinger User Guide
- June 8, 2024
- FREE THE TONE
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FREE THE TONE SS-1V String Slinger
STRING SLINGER/SS-1V User’s Guide
Thank you for choosing a Free The Tone product. Please read this user’s manual thoroughly to ensure that you’ll benefit fully from the advanced features, performance, and reliability your Free The Tone product is designed to provide.
About the Product
The STRING SLINGER boasts an extended dynamic range, brilliant overtones, long sustain, quick but fat tone, and of course, the most important thing, pure and clean overdrive sound. In order to realize all of these things, we thoroughly investigated various electronic circuits and parts and all of the factors related to sound such as materials and weight of the case and knobs, magnetic fields in the circuit, etc. After a few years and many prototypes, we finally completed the STRING SLINGER. It revives that ideal American Blues sound symbolized by the classic Black Face period. Its viscous, clean-to-crunch tone with moderate compression feel can generate the best Blues sound. FREE THE TONE’s unique HTS (Holistic Tonal Solution) circuit is implemented to protect guitar signals from sounding thin in Bypass mode. The LED on the unit has the function not only to show the on/off status of the effects but also to monitor the battery voltage. If it becomes lower than approxi-mately 6 V, the LED starts to fade. Although the unit continues to output the effects sound, we recommend to replace the battery with a new one in order to fully exihibt its best performance.
Precautions
Inserting or removing a plug from the input jack while the unit’s output is connected to an amplifier/speakers that is turned on can cause noise that can damage the speakers. If the unit mal-functions or behaves abnormally, cease operation immediately and refer the problem to the supplier. If the unit will not be used for an extended period of time, remove the battery to prevent damage due to chemical leakage from the battery. When the battery voltage drops too low for proper operation the effect sound may become weak, the output level may drop, or no output will be produced at all. Be sure to replace the battery as soon as possible if such symptoms occur.
Main Specification
- Input impedance: min. 500 kΩ
- Output load impedance: min. 10 kΩ
- Controls: LEVEL, TONE, DRIVE
- Terminals: 1/4″ standard phone jack x 2(input, output), DC 9 V input jack (for AC adapter connection)
- Power supply: 9-volt PP3 battery, 9V DC center negative polarity
- Current consumption : 8 mA
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 98 x 120 x 51 mm, 3.86 x 4.72 x 2.01 inches (incl. protuberances such as footswitches, jacks, etc.)
- Weight: approx. 640 g, 1.41 lbs (excl. accessories)
- Accessories : Warranty card, manual, rubber foot x 4
Specifications and appearance are subject to change for improvement without prior notice.